Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for creating, managing, and automating business processes in franchise-based businesses with regards to franchisee acquisition, customer acquisition for franchised units, marketing, sales, accounting, customer service, customer support and billing collections, and finance related to franchising; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for monitoring and managing a franchise related business as a franchisor or a franchisee with regards to sales opportunities, business metrics, lead sources, lead quality and scoring, employee productivity, financial health, accounting accuracy, providing trend visualization and graphing, and performing business analytics of client data and lead sources; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable business intelligence software and artificial intelligence software that predicts future metrics and results of business performance for franchise related businesses; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software that provides multimedia and text alerts to business people in franchising